I'm still in recovery mode after my weird sickness bug this weekend, so I'm going to make this quick. I'm feeling a little bit better, thanks for asking. I spiked a bit of a fever last night but slept for almost 10 hours, and today just battled some sporadic chills and fatigue. I think I'll live. If I don't, oh well! It was fun while it lasted, right? Go read some other creep's blog. Happy birthday, mom. I hope you enjoyed your squirrel's paw earrings, made out of 100% pure squirrel's paw! You're gonna be the talk of [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Buffalo Tom : "Arise, Watch" [mp3] from Skins (out February 15th) search for more Buffalo Tom posts at Largehearted Boy Gwyneth and Monko : "Get in the Sun" [mp3] from Gwyneth [...]

Matt & Chris of Motico sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of q and also a . q: What is the last song you (really) heard? m: If This Gun Were Real (I Could Shoot You and Sleep in the Big Bed with Mommy) (no mp3, sorry) by Mr. Anus and Mr. Horribly-Charred Infant a/k/a Happy Flowers c: Dick Move (mp3) by Cobretti q: [...]

Music loves the world. And the world loves it back. Some bands have decided to combine the two. Observe.... Around The World In One List ------------- MP3's 1. Boards of Canada - Seven Forty Seven 2. Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep 3. Heroes of Switzerland - Soaring 4. Portugal. The Man - Lovers In Love 5. The Strange Death Of Liberal England - A Day [...]

"My name is Rose. I can't have any children due to the fact of having cancer as a child. Now I'm all grown up and wanting a child of my own! So recently one of my best friends purchased a monkey and she dressed it up and took it over to my house. I fell in love with it. It reminded me so much of a child. Then about a week ago she moved out of state and took the monkey with her. And I made up my mind then and there that I wanted a baby monkey. I haven't [...]

Providence, RI noise rock wackos are back in down next Friday night (Jan. 15th) for a show at Death By Audio with Liturgy and Little Women . White Mice's latest release is Ganjahovahdose (20 Buck Spin) which came out last October. On this release, the band sticks to their tried and true formula of combining groove-oriented noise rock with an adolescent sense of humor that ranges from religious blasphemy to an obsession with cheese. White Mice are one of those bands that your friends will never understand. [...]

"They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." - Mark 16:18 From the emergence in the early 1900s of Pentecostalism from the Holiness movement, various denominations arose whose members speak in tongues (glossolalia) , cast out demons, prophesy, and engage in faith healing. There are those who, located in the Appalachian Mountains and their foothills from West Virginia to northern Alabama [...]

"Hey, Heavy D, what you got for me today? Got some heavy boulders? Shake 'em and they sound like dice?" That was the chant Jimmy Oliver heard when he walked down South Washington Street in Lansing, Michigan. Heavy D was his nickname, after the fat rapper whose girth Jimmy shares. And the heavy boulders? Those were the rocks of crack riding in Jimmy's jeans. A few years ago, Jimmy was a rich young drug dealer who could blow $12,000 over a weekend -- partying with prostitutes and buying big dinners for a dozen of the false friends his money bought. [...]

Recommended Show: SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2009 JUICEBOXXX @ MARKET HOTEL 1142 Myrtle Ave Brooklyn, NY 11221 $10, 7PM Though the fact that this is USA IS A MONSTER's last show ever is pretty good reason to attend, the real kicker is going to be Juiceboxxx's performance. The one man act is a wild, fun experience. Part rap, part spazz, and a whole lot of fun. More NYC shows going on tonight below the jump. Son Lux @ 92YTribeca Mono@ Le Poisson Rouge (early) James Pants @ Le Poisson Rouge (late) Fastball @ [...]
Saturday May 9th @ MARKET HOTEL USAISAMONSTER LAST SHOW EVER!! Awesome Color Juiceboxxx Eloe Omoe Tunnel of Love USA IS A MONSTER Bow Ribbons Jason Crumer Animental Hot Box Buck Gooter dj Dre Skull dj Shades spinning cassettes [...]
by kevin diamond Last night I had a dream that I was playing a gig. Before we could start, I had to replace a broken string on my guitar. The string I held in my hand was golden, and glistened in my hands. To get to the guitar, I had to traverse many obstacles: Mudslides, monsters, nudity, ukuleles. The crowd was growing impatiant. Golden string in my hand, I finally reached my goal, but before I could play my set, the crowd got up and left the auditorium. What do you [...]
After the antics of the first day of the festival, I felt more than ready to get into day two with a healthy dose of music from the beginning. Unfortunately, that was not to be so for me, as at the time I thought I would be continuing on after SXSW into further ridonkulousness, all [...]

USAISAMONSTER, bulwarks of the Brooklyn scene, recently announced that they are breaking up. They are going on a European tour and playing a final show at Market Hotel. They're one of those bands I discovered in college, thinking about them as some sort of very underground Brooklyn thing. I've since learned that they are an enormously popular veteran group on the scene here. They're known for their raucous live shows and were around almost before Williamsburg started being the Williamsburg we all love to hate today (they formed in 2000). I've never actually seen them before. Whenever a show comes [...]
Streamable: Departure (pitchfork.tv) by Crystal Stilts mp3 BONUS: Departure (mp3) Streamable: Fight No More Forever (Remix) (pitchfork.tv) by USAISAMONSTER Streamable: The Class of 73 Bells (youtube) by School of Seven Bells remixed by Prefuse 73 Streamable: Freak Scene (at SXSW 2009) (youtube) by Dinosaur Jr. mp3 BONUS: Freak Scene [...]
:: Everyone was at SXSW. Even Metallica and Devo . :: Culture Bully has a nice live review (and some blurry photos) of Bonnie "Prince" Billy . That crazy Will Oldham. :: Converge has a new album that is "coming soon." And there's a teaser video to prove it . :: USAISAMONSTER is breaking up . :: I was willing to believe in a Smashing Pumpkins without James Iha. [...]

Bklynoiserockers Pterodactyl have a new album coming out on April 21. It looks like this: Listen to the awesome promomp3: "First Daze" (scjag) The band also has two upcoming dates in the area. Feb 27 @ Cake Shop with Sonoi (ex- Manishevitz ), Beach Fuzz and DM Stith April 2 @ Glasslands with USAisamonster , The Library Is On Fire , [...]

We're at the beginning of the safe xmas music season, why not get a little freaky before it sets in fully? The USA Is A Monster is an experimental 2 piece from Brooklyn, rocking out with touches of prog and math rock. "Cocaine Wedding" is addictive. I sorta just want to listen to it on repeat several times through. The USA Is A Monster - Cocaine Wedding The USA Is A Monster on MySpace The USA Is A Monster label site

I know I am late to posting this, but hey The Dreadful Yawns deserve your attention. Enjoy the psychpoprock. Downloadable: "Kill Me Now" (box.net mp3) Listen to more mp3s @ their Exit Stencil page... here . Exit Stencil is here . Amazon MP3 is here . eMusic page is here . Consider CLICKing - There's a new new new Smart Growth live recording over @ Beatbots A/V Club ... here . - Nostalgic for [...]